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50-year-old arrested after hours-long standoff on White Lane overpass

(UPDATE: August 16, 2018, 6:33 p.m.): The Bakersfield Police Department says 50-year-old Frank Javier Ruelas has been taken into custody following a four-hour long stand off.

Police responded to the White Lane overpass on the 99 around 10:40 p.m. after witnesses say a man was climbing the outer overpass.

Police say Ruelas was uncooperative and refused to come down from the overpass. Ruelas was later booked into the Kern County Jail for charges which included resisting arrest, vehicle code violations, and a parole violation.